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NHG-P.765.068
22 Nov 1765:11,12 (477)
ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF TIME.
. . . [77 lines, 7 lines of the profitable use of time, with
specific instructions] It is necessary for you to be
perfect in the four first rules of arithmetic; more you can
never have occasion for, and the mind should not be
burthened with needless application. Music and drawing are
accomplishments well worth the trouble of attaining, if your
inclination and genius lead to either; if not, do not
attempt them; for it will only much time and great labour
unprofitably thrown away; it being next to impossible to
arrive at any degree of perfection in those arts, by the
dint of perseverance only, if a good ear and a native genius
are wanting. The study of natural philosophy you will find
both pleasing and instructive; . . . [9 more lines]
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